Spaceboy

　　回到美蘇太空競賽的年代
　　經歷一場刺激有趣充滿謎團的冒險
 
　　★英國百萬暢銷作家大衛．威廉（David Walliams），創作被翻譯成40多國語言，全球暢銷400多萬本！
　　★享有「最會說故事的人——羅德．達爾」接班人美譽
　　★漫畫式插圖＋易讀的文字，輕鬆看書學英文
 
　　1960年代，美國。有一個愛爬樹的女孩叫做露絲，她不修邊幅，總是把事情搞得一團糟，而且她超沈迷於「太空」。有多著迷？露絲每天都在看外星人入侵地球的漫畫，把幽浮的塗鴉畫得到處都是，她也喜歡火星人入侵的電影，她甚至還找來一架破舊的望遠鏡，每天觀察星空。
 
　　某天晚上，露絲又在閣樓頂上看星星，邊打瞌睡邊觀星的她發現天上有東西在燃燒——有一個看起來像飛碟的東西燒起來了！露絲揉揉眼睛，她在做夢嗎？
 
　　不！是真的，這團著火的飛碟墜落在玉米田裡，趕來幫忙的露絲驚訝地發現了一個驚人的謎團……或許也是超出她想像最瘋狂的一次冒險！
 
　　被譽為幽默大師羅德．達爾（Roald Dahl）接班人的英國暢銷作家大衛．威廉（David Walliams），著作風靡全球，包括《穿裙子的男孩》、《神偷阿嬤》等作品已被翻譯成53種語言，出版過的作品全都稱霸英國書市，引發媒體無數盛讚。
 
　　大衛．威廉最新作品，內容以漫畫式插圖加上簡單文字，聚焦在一場充滿歡笑、刺激與友誼的太空冒險。只不過你得小心，這場冒險隱藏著可能改變歷史的大秘密！快跟著大衛．威廉的腳步，來場太空之旅吧！

　　Go back to the Space Race with No.1 bestselling author David Walliams for a breathless cinematic adventure full of mystery, action, laughs and surprises – and a secret that could change the course of history…

　　America. The 1960s.

　　Stuck on a remote farm with her awful aunt, twelve-year-old orphan Ruth spends every night gazing at the stars, dreaming of adventure.

　　One night she spots a flying saucer blazing across the sky… before crash-landing in a field. When the spaceship opens and reveals a mysterious alien, all Ruth’s dreams come true.

　　But does this visitor from another planet have a giant secret?

　　Spaceboy is a hilarious and action-packed tale for readers in any solar system.

　　David Walliams was most recently Children’s #1 bestseller with The World's Worst Pets (TCM chart: 30 April 2022)

　　David Walliams' book 'The Blunders' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 18-12-2023.

Review

　　“An epic adventure that’s out of this world as a space-obsessed girl in 1960s America spots a flying saucer in trouble” Waterstones Best Books of the Year 2022

　　PRAISE FOR DAVID WALLIAMS:

　　“Dahl finally has a worthy successor” Telegraph

　　“His books are a breath of wonderful fresh air” Sun

　　“Walliams understands something crucial about children and stories” Metro

　　“A great comic tale… Walliams is a natural wit” Evening Standard

　　“Well written, funny, touching” Observer

　　“A passionate celebration of individuality” Telegraph

　　“Charming, funny” The Times

　　“Has a lovely, Dahlian fluency to it” Time Out

　　David Walliams continues to take the literary world by storm. His tenth novel, BAD DAD, was an immediate number one, following the triumph of THE MIDNIGHT GANG, the biggest-selling children’s book of 2016. THE WORLD’S WORST CHILDREN 2, spent four weeks at industry number one.

　　David’s books have now exceeded 100 non-consecutive weeks at children’s number one, and have been translated into 53 languages, selling more than 35 million copies worldwide.

　　Adam Stower is an author and illustrator, who has collaborated with David Walliams on several of his books for children.